Ok.. thanks. I am starting to figure that out. My vectra had a cable select IDE cable, hence my confusion. So this is definitely a fedora/grub/installation problem then. Matthew Polashek Associate Editor, Silver Burdett Ginn - Music Scott Foresman/Pearson Education 299 Jefferson Road Parsippany, NJ 07054-0480 office: 973.739.8709 fax: 973.739.8098 Matthew.Polashek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > ---------- > From: Jeff Largent > Reply To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Monday, March 1, 2004 2:12 PM > To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: Install problem > > No such thing as wrong order on the ide cable, that is the reason > for ide master/slave jumpers on ide devices, the device settings > not the position on ide cable determine which device is first and > which is second. > > > > Polashek, Matthew wrote: > > The FC is using both disks. The installations was fine before adding > the > > second disk and configuring the master/slave relationship. (though I > have > > been suspecting since I have been here at work that they may be in the > wrong > > order on the IDE cable) I have a Biostar m6tba MOBO that seems to > recognize > > both disks on startup when it runs a quick memory check and I have set > the > > bios to automatically recognize the disks. > > > > I recently switched from a slower HP Vectra VL7 in which I had 2 hard > drives > > installed and on which I was running fc1 with no problems. > > > > Matthew Polashek > > Associate Editor, Silver Burdett Ginn - Music > > Scott Foresman/Pearson Education > > 299 Jefferson Road > > Parsippany, NJ 07054-0480 > > office: 973.739.8709 > > fax: 973.739.8098 > > Matthew.Polashek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > > > >>---------- > >>From: Mitch Wiedemann > >>Reply To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > >>Sent: Monday, March 1, 2004 1:47 PM > >>To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > >>Subject: Re: Install problem > >> > >>Is your FC install using both disks? If you remove the second disk, > >>does it work properly? > >>Are both disks identified correctly in the BIOS? > >> > >>Polashek, Matthew wrote: > >> > >> > >>>I have been able to boot from the Fedora CD and go into rescue mode and > >>>mount the system under /mnt/sysimage. > >>>I assume pico, vi, and emacs all run though I haven't tried them. I > was > >>>assuming it was a hardware physical configuration error on my part. > >>> > >>>I can't remember off hand what partitions are where but I think /boot > is > >> > >>on > >> > >>>hda and FC1 root is probably on /hdb2 > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >>-- > >>fedora-list mailing list > >>fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > >>To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > ************************************************************************** > ** > > This email may contain confidential material. > > If you were not an intended recipient, > > please notify the sender and delete all copies. > > We may monitor email to and from our network. > > > > > ************************************************************************** > ** > > > > > > > > -- > Jeff Largent ImageLinks, Inc. > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > > > > **************************************************************************** This email may contain confidential material. If you were not an intended recipient, please notify the sender and delete all copies. We may monitor email to and from our network. ****************************************************************************
